U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius, left, was at Tarrant County College South on Thursday urging people to sign up for health care.

U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius,...

At 35, Brandan Licatino is old enough to understand the risks of getting sick without health insurance and informed enough to know he faces a tax penalty a year from now if he fails to sign up for a federally mandated health plan by the end of the month.

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